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WASHINGTON Days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is getting a mixed reaction to his plan to separate agency financing from opposition to President Barack Obama's immigration policies. Senator Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, said McConnell's decision to separate the two matters is a "good idea." He spoke Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program. Funding for the department is set to lapse Friday. Still, Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who agrees with Republicans who want to overturn immigration policy, said such a vote must come only after Congress funds the Homeland...

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